No Free World Cup over RTM TV1 for Singapore Starhub viewer

Starhub has clarified that Radio Television Malaysia's (RTM) TV1 channel had been provided free as an 'act of goodwill' to subscribers here. There are therefore no plans to resume airing the channel here.

Starhub customers recently found that they were unable to receive Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) TV1 programming, as RTM had had the signal encrypted.

The withdrawal of RTM TV1 sparked strong reactions from Starhub subscribers. In particular, STOMPer kenmoo said that Singaporean service providers should encrypt their signals also, to prevent Malaysians from watching our channels free. Read the full article here.

A spokesperson for Starhub told STOMP:

"We refer to the online posting and comments on STOMP (June 12, 2010) regarding the availability of TV1 on StarHub TV.

"StarHub understands from Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) that it has received instructions from FIFA to encrypt its satellite signal source from June 11, 2010 so that only viewers in Malaysia are able to receive access to the 2010 FIFA World Cup matches on TV1. As the satellite signal source for TV1 is unavailable to StarHub, we are unable to offer the channel to viewers during this period.

"TV1 is a Malaysian Free-To-Air channel. Even though StarHub is under no commercial or regulatory obligation to offer TV1, we have been carrying the channel free-of-charge over our cable network to households in Singapore as a goodwill gesture.

"To clarify, StarHub does not receive any portion of TV licence fees. StarHub is one of the few pay-TV operators in the world that carries Free-To-Air channels on its network at no cost to TV audiences islandwide."

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照片=照骗

同事说得对
你确实拍照比真人好看多了
你总是强调
照片=照骗
照片有角度和误导性
所以别以为你是帅哥
你脸上有很多疮疤
你已经在不自觉中被岁月拦劫了青春
你真人比照片苍老了许多
但还是有一些白目网友自认为你是帅哥
希望攀结
不理会你的一再强调
只是不管是否对方出自真心
真的不介意你的外表
到头来你们的关系还是会不了了之的
他们都会与还没见面前所表现的殷勤
大相庭径
无缘无故地变得冷漠与冷淡
是失望了吧
本来就该如此
这叫不见棺材不掉泪吗
我真的有那么难看吗？
真的与照片差那么远吗？
你还要相信这些人吗
他们的诚意根本就太廉价了
别怪我往后要以一竹竿打翻整艏船的人
因为实在不甘心再看到贫乏的自信会因此而

欲（2）

其实叔叔没什么不好
不晓得是谁先主动的
你就这样和叔叔进了房子
叔叔身材不赖，算健硕
只是你不太喜欢他的样子
很叔叔
是嫌弃？
你将来也会变成他那样
别忘记
你似乎会更糟糕
因为你没健身
不管了
也只有叔叔会深得我意
叔叔很激烈
像压抑了好久无法渲泄
欲望瞬间像壮丽的瀑布
一涌而下
他喜欢用鼻子狂嗅
这也是你最爱的
他似乎将你浑身上下都舔尽了
你嗅到味道不太清爽的烟蒂味
叔叔平时大概烟不离手
有一股厌恶再次涌上心头
你拼命压抑
这次不射出来
也许又得独自躲在厕所打飞机发泄了
在三温暖还需要自我安慰自行解决
其实是一种耻辱也是一种悲哀
叔叔似乎对你的腋下情有独钟
这真合你意
其实不一定每次都非得攀上俊男不可
他们总像雕像那样任由你服务
完全没有让你有被渴望的自信感
这样会尽兴吗？
叔叔就不一样
他们总是会让你觉得
被需要
你只是不甘心而已
总迷信吃了帅哥会自抬身价
这是什么逻辑？
但原则从不会为叔叔而改变
除非是帅哥
你不允许他进入你
但叔叔也很有风度
只乖乖地帮你打出来
力度恰到好处
叔叔啊叔叔
为什么你不是帅哥呢
尽管曾经是也好啊
只可惜你不是
我也不是
其实谁都不该嫌弃谁
会有报应的
谢谢你让我觉得
我还有被需要的存在感
谢谢

初恋红豆冰

故事大纲

还记得红豆冰的味道吗? 在赤道国家炎热的下午，吃进口里的红豆冰，冰凉清甜，甚至把嘴巴冻得有点疼了，但是来不及再继续感受，它却已融化了；还记得初恋的滋味吗？甜蜜却又苦涩， 把心刺疼了，像红豆冰一样，还来不及再感受，就已经融化了，只能在记忆里留下那味道和深刻的刺痛。

这部电影说的是九十年代初,南洋某个小镇,一群年轻人长大的故事。还没有手机，没有 MSN 的年代，童年的玻璃弹珠、打架鱼、红豆冰、卖 Roti 的小贩、老店屋、五脚基，飘着白云的蓝天，热得苍白又无聊的午后。。。 沧桑的老镇里，一群个别有着不同个性的年轻人，成长过程中,有人互相喜欢，有人暗恋谁,闹出了无数的笑话；最后却又因为如此，而成了一个永远说不清的误 会,却也是一个磨灭不掉的回忆。随着一场雨，大家各自离开了。。。 散发着淡淡的愁。镇上的老人们像那副老墙般，看着它随着那刹那的阳光偷偷闪过，青春就好像当年你我共同为之迷恋的那首诗歌一样。

戏中各个角色不同的个性错综复杂的情感更让整套电影留下遗憾的美丽。亲情，友情，爱 情。 。 。

故事大纲

还记得红豆冰的味道吗? 在赤道国家炎热的下午，吃进口里的红豆冰，冰凉清甜，甚至把嘴巴冻得有点疼了，但是来不及再继续感受，它却已融化了；还记得初恋的滋味吗？甜蜜却又苦涩， 把心刺疼了，像红豆冰一样，还来不及再感受，就已经融化了，只能在记忆里留下那味道和深刻的刺痛。

这部电影说的是九十年代初,南洋某个小镇,一群年轻人长大的故事。还没有手机，没有 MSN 的年代，童年的玻璃弹珠、打架鱼、红豆冰、卖 Roti 的小贩、老店屋、五脚基，飘着白云的蓝天，热得苍白又无聊的午后。。。 沧桑的老镇里，一群个别有着不同个性的年轻人，成长过程中,有人互相喜欢，有人暗恋谁,闹出了无数的笑话；最后却又因为如此，而成了一个永远说不清的误 会,却也是一个磨灭不掉的回忆。随着一场雨，大家各自离开了。。。 散发着淡淡的愁。镇上的老人们像那副老墙般，看着它随着那刹那的阳光偷偷闪过，青春就好像当年你我共同为之迷恋的那首诗歌一样。

戏中各个角色不同的个性错综复杂的情感更让整套电影留下遗憾的美丽。亲情，友情，爱 情。 。 。

主要演员
阿牛
李心洁
梁静茹
曹格
易桀齐
品冠
林静苗
陈美娥
叶雅
庄雪梅
巫启贤

导演：
阿牛

上映时间：
4月 15号 2010

.... Dalam Botol

THE movie is only 70% complete, yet "... Dalam Botol", producer Raja Azmi Raja Sulaiman's latest film, is already courting controversy with its daring plot line which touches on homosexuality and transsexualism. TheSun managed to get exclusive access to scenes from the movie which is slated for a July opening, barring any intervention from the censors.

Director, Khir Rahman, on the set of the film

The RM700,000 budget "... Dalam Botol" is actor Khir Rahman's directorial debut, and stars Arja Lee, Wan Raja and Diana Danielle. Arja and Ghaus play gay lovers Rubidin and Ghaus, respectively, whose relationship is tested when the former decides to undergo a sex-change operation. But Ghaus is unable to accept "Ruby" and walks out of the relationship. Sometime later, Ruby decides that a woman's life is not for him, and decides to stop taking the female hormone injections. Now back to the masculine Rubidin - minus a few parts - he falls in love with Dina (Diana Danielle) and they decide to marry. But can she ever accept his past? Can Rubidin make her happy? Though ... Dalam Botol's plotline may seem far fetched, producer Raja Azmi swears it is based on a friend's experience. "I am not making a judgmental movie. I am just telling a story based on one of my friend’ true experience. In his case, he regrets going for a sex change operation. "I have no right to judge anyone. I am no angel. I have my sins too," she told theSun in an exclusive interview.

Rubidin cannot believe his decision to undergo a sex-change operation would have dire consequences

Raja Azmi bristles when asked if "... Dalam Botol" is an anti-gay movie. "It is just a simple love story between a man and a man, and a woman and a man," she said. Considering the subject matter, is she worried about the Censorship Board's reception to the film? After all, she had already changed the title of the film slightly from "Anu Dalam Botol" on the advice of the board. Surprisingly, Raja Azmi believes she will not face any problems in this department, despite butting heads with the board over the many cuts to "Black Widow Wajah Ayu", her first film back in 1994. Though there was an earlier ruling banning movies showing men wearing women's clothes, Raja Azmi says the Censorship Board has recently come up with more relax rules and regulations. "They are more matured and brave now. They understand the filmmakers predicament." That said, does the 51-year-old go looking for controversy? After all, her books-turned-movies such as "Cinta 200 Ela" and "Black Widow Wajah Ayu" have touched on sexual matters. But she claims she does not look for controversy. "Controversy comes looking for me. I cannot understand why can’t we discuss these topics in our films. We can discuss about God and devils. But we cannot discuss gays and transsexualism. "We should not sweep issues under the carpet any more. We must learn to face them. We must to learn to discuss them rationally."

Producer Raja Azmi says, ... Dalam Botol is " a simple love story between a man with a man and a woman with a man"

>> Raja Azmi's other credits:
1) Black Widow Wajah Ayu (1994)
2) Cinta 200 Ela ( 2002)
3) Haru Biru ( 2007)

Rubidin(left, played by Arja Lee) and Ghaus(Wan Raja) are gay lovers in "... Dalam Botol"

Ghaus and Rubidin share and intimate moment during a camping trip

The gay couple face problems in their relationship after the latter under goes a sex-change operation

Rubidin tries to convince Ghaus not to leave him, but to no avail

Rubidin's decision to opt for sex-change operation infuriates his father, played by Jalil Hamid

Diana Danielle plays Dina, who steals Rubidin's heart

Rubidin and Dina falls in love. Will this love story have a happy ending?

From left, Diana Danielle as Dina, Fauziah Ahmad Daud who plays Dina's mother and Normah Damanhuri who plays Rubidin's mother in the movie.

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有人问

在一个社交的聚会里，我跟一群不相干的人坐在一起。场面很尴尬，大家也不知道要聊些什么。其中有一人开始搞气氛，就拿我来开刀。

某人问我：“你今年几岁？”
我说：“快要30。”
他又问我：“那你结婚了没？”
我答：“还没。”
他又说：“都快三十岁的人，怎么还没结婚？”
我想了想：“因为我没有另一半呀！”
他就很不耐烦地问：“怎么会？你长得很好看呀，怎么没有另一半呢？难道你喜欢男人不成？”
我说：“是。”
他无言。

我就反问他：“这有什么问题吗？”
他好奇的问：“为什么你会喜欢男人？”
我问他：“那你为什么会喜欢女人？”
他说：“这是自然反应，人的本性。”
我回答：“这也是我的自然反应，但不是每个人的本性！”
他不服的说：“怎么会呢？人的本性就是同性相克，异性相吸。。。。”
我说：“谁教你的？”
他很生气又大声地说：“全世界！”
我回答：“我可没有这样教你。”
立即，全场哈哈大笑。

我说，其实我结不结婚，爱不爱女人，就算要四十岁了又怎么样？这是我的生活，我的生命，跟你有何相关？如果你是个聪明的人，懂得体面的人，就不会问我为什么没有结婚；而是会停止这个无关大雅的问题。难道我结婚会让这个世界更快乐？在这种场合说这种话的人，最不聪明。而我，偏偏最不想跟这些人打交道。不是我自以为是；而是我往往要帮这些人圆场。

Cool or Weird?

NTV7 not censor "Gay & Lesbian"

Watched the 81st Academy Award show on NTV7 (recorded/non-live) last Saturday night and found that NTV7 never censor Dustin Lance Black speech...

According to news sources, the censor over Astro feed was done by StarTV on 3 StarMovie feed to 3 countries. StarTV purposely censor it due to Malaysia rules, it claims..

Funny that local/domestic TV that deal with domestic affair never care about this...

Anyway, anyone watch the NTV7 first broadcast on last Friday morning 10am? Have they censored?

Dustin Lance Black’s Oscar Acceptance Speech Gets Censored In Asian Broadcasts

Oscar-winning scribe, Milk writer Dustin Lance Black, enjoys a cup of coffee with a friend in West Hollywood on Wednesday (February 25).

The 34-year-old screenwriter accepted the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay on Sunday. His acceptance speech was censored in fifty different Asian nations by pan-Asian satellite TV network STAR, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.

STAR spokeswoman Jannie Poon defended the network’s muting of the words “gay” and “lesbian” by saying STAR has “a responsibility to take the sensitivities and guidelines of all our markets into consideration.”

Here’s Dustin’s uncensored speech in its entirety: “This was was not an easy film to make. First off, I have to thank Cleve Jones and Anne Kronenberg and all the real-life people who shared their stories with me. Gus Van Sant, Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, James Franco and our entire cast, my producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, everyone at Groundswell and Focus for taking on the challenge of telling this life-saving story. When I was 13-years-old, my beautiful mother and my father moved me from a conservative Mormon home in San Antonio, Texas to California, and I heard the story of Harvey Milk. And it gave me hope. It gave me the hope to live my life. It gave me the hope one day I could live my life openly as who I am and then maybe even I could even fall in love and one day get married.

(Continue reading Dustin’s Oscar speech inside…)

“I wanna thank my mom, who has always loved me for who I am even when there was pressure not to. But most of all, if Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he’d want me to say to all of the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told that they are less than by their churches, by the government or by their families, that you are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value and that no matter what anyone tells you, God does love you and that very soon, I promise you, you will have equal rights federally, across this great nation of ours. Thank you. Thank you. And thank you, God, for giving us Harvey Milk.”

And here’s some additional backstage Q&A of Dustin from the Oscars:

Congratulations on your win. It was very touching, and I loved what you said. Do you think President Obama should reverse the stand on gay marriage? I think that there’s a few things that I would love him to do immediately, which is to repeal “don’t ask don’t tell,” and DMA, Defensive Marriage Act. But I do think that for inspiration for the gay community, we need to look not to Proposition 8, but dream bigger and look back to 1964 and the Civil Rights Act, because no group has ever won full civil rights in this country going state by state or county by county. I think it is time for the gay and lesbian community to have a federal civil rights act for full civil rights.

So you think it should be reversed? Absolutely. We are equal. Everyone.

You were talking about how you were inspired by Harvey Milk when you were a kid. What would have happened if, say, you were 13 and you saw someone like you at the Oscars, saying what you said? What do you think that would have done for you back then? I don’t know. I didn’t hear that at the Oscars when I was a 13 year old kid. You know, I just hope it makes you feel a bit less alone. It’s easy in San Francisco and L.A. and New York, Chicago, because you can find support, you can find mentors and heroes. But where I’m from, and a lot of places, you know in this country, in small town America, they just don’t know there are gay heroes, and they don’t know there’s other gay people, and they don’t know there’s a potential future, I mean a beautiful future. I mean, look at this; it’s insane for out gay people. I hope it inspires some folks.

Working on the screenplay that you did, have you ever have the dream of an Oscar moment or award moment? Did it fulfill the expectation that you felt? It’s all sort of an out of body thing. I mean, definitely, when we started this journey, I was, you know, just charging hotel stays and gasoline on my credit card and driving out to meet with Cleve Jones and Anne Kronenberg in San Francisco. There’s no studio, things like that. Your dream is don’t screw it up, first of all; and your second is, let’s get it to a great director. And I was fortunate and got it to Sean and it just kept being the next thing in front of you. And then all of a sudden, four weeks ago was a nomination, and it’s just sort of unbelievable. I don’t quite believe it yet. Maybe when I see my mom in a few minutes, I’ll believe it.

Did you know what you were going to say if and when you got up there? I had an idea. I mean, for me, the whole thing was always just sort of, you know, pay it forward. You know, Harvey gave me his story. And Harvey gave me his story and it saved my life. I just thought it’s time to pass it on. So the only thing I really knew I wanted to say is tell those kids out there they are going to be all right.

You’re making us all emotional. You’ve mentioned your mom a couple times. Was there something your mom said to you right before you came in came here tonight or were on the red carpet? Is there something you guys talked about that really struck a chord with you? You know, she always, you know, she just says, “I can’t believe we are here. Think of where we came from.” You know, we were, like, a broke family. It was just my single mom raising us for a very long time before my beautiful stepdad came around, and, you know, and it was just about survival for so long. So, I think for her, she’s completely overwhelmed and, you know, and she just does what she always does. I mean, this is a Mormon woman who should not be accepting or loving, and she just says I love you, and I want you to fall in love and be as happy as I am, so…

I wanted to know at what point did you think that this film could grab the attention of the Academy? I think that’s an easy one. I think it was the moment we first saw Sean with his hair cut with the suit on, and he came in, onto the set. And I was blown away at how much it reminded me of everything I’d heard and seen of Harvey. And I looked out to turn to Cleve and I went, “My God. That’s him, isn’t it?” And Cleve was outside like smoking manically going, “Oh, my God. I’ve seen a ghost.” But that was the thing. I thought this film would only succeed if we could somehow get close to that charisma, because that charisma of Harvey Milk is what transcended our community again and reached out to all these other people and will embrace the film. I think they have.

WHY HATE GAY PEOPLE SO MUCH?

Below is a letter written by Pang Khee Teik to Astro. Please join him to write letters, or simply cut and paste his letter and forward to Astro, as well as the media to complain about Astro's censorship.

LETTER:


*Why did Astro censor the words "Gay" & "Lesbian" from Oscar acceptance speeches?*

I want to thank Astro for screening this year's Oscars, which gave us the very heartwarming wins by the screenwriter and the lead actor of the movie
"Milk". Congratulations too to the movie "Milk", about the first openly gay man elected to public office in California who was then assassinated, for winning Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor. The acceptance speeches by screenwriter Justin Lance Black and actor Sean Penn were both moving, bold and timely. They spoke up about the need for equal rights, to love, to share this land, and to be heard. This year, the Oscars celebrated the kind of
diversity that the arts is able to champion; it's the kind of diversity that desperately needs championing in a world so overwhelmed by racism, war, and hatred.

This is part of Justin's speech:

"When I was 13 years old, my beautiful mother and my father moved me from a conservative Mormon home in San Antonio, Texas to California, and I heard the story of Harvey Milk. And it gave me hope. It gave me the hope to live my life. It gave me the hope one day I could live my life openly as who I am and then maybe even I could even fall in love and one day get married. I wanna I wanna thank my mom, who has always loved me for who I am even when there was pressure not to. But most of all, if Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he'd want me to say to all of the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told that they are less than by their churches, by the government or by their families, that you are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value and that no matter what anyone tells you, God does love you and that very soon, I promise you, you will have
equal rights federally, across this great nation of ours. Thank you. Thankyou. And thank you, God, for giving us Harvey Milk."

And this is Sean's:

"For those who saw the signs of hatred as our cars drove in tonight, I think that it is a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to sit and reflect, and anticipate their great shame, and the shame in their
grandchildren' s eyes if they continue that way of support. We've got to have equal rights for everyone," said Penn.

However, if you caught the Oscars on Astro, you would have noticed something so bizarre almost to be ironic. The words "gay" and "lesbian" have been censored from both these speeches. For me, this act of censorship defeated the very victory won by these two men. The two moments of silence rang out like the gun shots that killed Harvey Milk.

We live in a time when understanding is needed, when artists need to be bold in addressing the manifold injustices of the world. Hence, such a movie had
to be made, such acceptance speeches to be uttered. But by its act of censorship, Astro has sent a message to all Malaysians that gays and lesbians are still shameful things to be censored from the public's ears. As a gay man, I am truly offended. After all these years of contributing to the country through my work, of helping people regardless of their orientation, being proud of who I am and helping others be proud of who they are, I can
assure you that the only thing wrong is how much hate gays have to endure simply for the way we love.

What is Astro trying to achieve with the censoring of the words "gay" and "lesbian"? Do they think these words will promote homosexuality? Let me assure you that homosexuality cannot be promoted, it just happens. Just as a person's sexuality becomes apparent to him or her when the hormones kick in in the teen years; you don't need sex promoted to you by the TV, your body does its own promotion.

Meanwhile, words like "terrorist", "rapist" and "murderer" gets passed and nobody gets their panties knotted over how these words might promote terrorism, rapes and murders. On the other hand, words like "gays" and
"lesbians" that describe people among us who happen love the same sex get treated like it is a crime to even mention in public. Is Astro promoting hate over love? Just what kind of society does Astro want to be creating?
One where people can talk about terrorism but not love?

You want to know what breeds social ills? It is the kind of insecurity and low self esteem that results from such continual shaming through the media, that then leads to machismo, violence, bullying, and other superficial ways
with which men employ to compensate for their insecurity.

Does Astro not know that many of its own staff are gay? I won't name them, but trust me, I know many of them (and I congratulate Astro for smartly tapping into such a pool of talents). But is Astro now ashamed of its many
talented gay and lesbian staff?

And does Astro not know too that a huge number of its viewers are gay and lesbian? Otherwise, why bother to screen "Brothers & Sisters", "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", "Six Feet Under" and other popular TV series that
show how gays and lesbians are not only part of society but play vital roles in shaping that society for the better? Is Astro ashamed of its gay and lesbian viewers? And if this is some national guideline, then Astro needs to
question it if it hopes to be fair to its viewers.

Stop censoring the words that describe who I am. I am a Malaysian. I work hard for the right to be here, and I work hard for the right to love, just like everyone else. Thank you.

Pang Khee Teik

Beautiful Man

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